"Our public education system does so much for every community and for our state. Public education truly is the cornerstone of our democracy and the bedrock of economic development in this state." Montana Superintendent Denise Juneau http://matr.net/articl ... .html

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Printing For Less February Newsletter This month, we're highlighting a super-sized new product, providing a handy toolkit to help you navigate the murky waters of social media, and introducing the first of a 3-part educational series on making email and direct mail work for you.

The Paradigm Shift Continues…Last year, my partner Phil wrote a post about how Derek (our college-aged summer intern) used his iPhone in a creative way when injured in a mountain bike accident. Last week, we once again witnessed Derek demonstrate how today’s younger generation turns to technology first when confronted with a everyday challenges.

Montana Ambassadors look to state's future - Montana On The MoveThe Montana Ambassadors is a volunteer, not-for-profit organization of leaders in business, education, and the professions with a common dedication to living and doing business in Montana and furthering the best interests of the state, serving at the pleasure of the Governor.

Software billionaire Siebel selling Montana's N Bar Ranch for $45MThe N Bar is one of Montana's oldest ranches, in continuing operation since 1878, 11 years before Montana earned statehood. In 1885, Tom Cruse, an Irish immigrant who developed the $50 million Drumlummon gold mine north of Helena, bought the N Bar and launched a cattle empire stretching 100 miles to Jordan.

Explaining Informal InvestorsFinding so-called informal investors for a debt or equity financing in a small company isn't easy. It helps to understand who they are

Forming a Sole ProprietorshipWhether you're starting a business from home or opening a large-scale operation, you'll need to decide on the best legal structure for your new company. Part one of a five-week series.

So you've been hacked, now what?The statistics would seem to suggest that it is less a matter of if and more when your enterprise will fall victim to a hack attack of some kind. Once you've been hacked, then what?

Montana-wide effort improves college entrants’ writing skillsLooking for an example of significant and successful reform? The university system’s annual statewide writing assessment for high school students, a collaborative secondary-postsecondary project, is an innovation that has resulted in significantly greater student achievement. That’s the kind of reform that matters.

Education cuts may lead to U.S. brain drainWhile California and other states cut higher education budgets, many countries are spending to boost the number and quality of their graduates, setting the stage for brain drains and brain gains as the global economy emerges from the Great Recession.

In Middle School, Charting Their Course to College and BeyondThese new learning plans will follow each sixth grader through high school, and are intended to help the students assess their own strengths and weaknesses as well as provide their parents and teachers with a more complete profile beyond grades and test scores.

How to build real ‘American Schools’ The future of our system of government depends on a public school system that graduates students who, now more than ever, understand the requirements of democratic citizenship and who have the sensibilities and skills to meet them.

Cost of proposed Missoula events center cut by $21 millionThe benefits to the community – from direct, indirect and induced spending to additional tax income to the more than 300 jobs the center could create – add up to $33 million a year, he said, not to mention the $4.3 million that local builders would make during the two-year construction period.